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אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 יונתן רויזין וידאו

AI makes it "very easy to build something that looks good but doesn't have the depth" warns investor

16.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Angel investor Jonathan Roizin breaks down the consequences of AI on the VC landscape that founders should be wary of.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 דניאל ארדון בארץ וידאו

"Investors aren't choosing between profitability or efficiency and growth"

15.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Danielle Ardon Baratz from Red Dot Capital explains what investors are looking for today, and how AI has changed these criteria.
אירוע חצי שנתי סיטק 09.07.26 ליטל לשם וידאו

Protego: "The prime time is deep tech, defense tech, and dual use"

14.07.26|Amy Shapiro
Protego Ventures’ Lital Leshem explains why Israeli defense tech is drawing record interest from foreign investors and where she sees the next breakthrough.
בכירי קרן vgames

Gaming fund vgames raises $500 million to help startups grow without giving up equity

13.07.26|Meir Orbach
The Israeli fund is launching a new financing model tied to user-generated revenue, targeting companies that need capital to scale but want to avoid another funding round. 
אבינועם רובינשטיין, Venture Partner ב-NetZero Tech

NetZero Ventures appoints Avinoam Rubinstain as Venture Partner

13.07.26|Meir Orbach
The seasoned deep-tech entrepreneur and executive joins the venture builder fund to lead investments at the intersection of AI, energy infrastructure, and climate technologies. 
Bar Refaeli Dr. Inbal Gat Dr. Shira Orr

Naftaly Gluskin joins Vine Ventures as Principal

12.07.26|CTech
Gluskin's appointment expands Vine Ventures' investment team in Israel, with a focus on early-stage investments in infrastructure, cybersecurity, AI, data and defense.
עודד חרמוני מייסד משותף של קרן ההון סיכון J-Ventures

J-Ventures expands with $36 million third fund

12.07.26|CTech
The venture firm, built around a global network of 600 Jewish investors and executives, has grown to $110 million in assets under management while doubling down on Israeli and US startups. 
A group of people in a crowd raise their hands.

“If you get the people right, everything else becomes more possible”: Life lessons from Israeli tech leaders

09.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
Israeli tech industry experts give advice that offers a glimpse into the skills and mindsets they believe will matter most in the years ahead.
Israel and UK Department for Business and Trade

Israel ranks 8th in inward investment projects per capita into the UK

08.07.26|CTech
Surpassing all G7 economies on a per capita basis, Israeli businesses generated 16 new direct investment projects in the UK, representing a sustained market confidence between the two nations, as well as a broader trend of fewer but higher-value deals.
ההצלחה של Google AI Overviews מרחיקה גולשים מהאתר של הארגון שלכם

"We don't know what we're doing": Tech leaders debunk the biggest myths about their industries

05.07.26|Zachy Hennessey
From AI-driven layoffs and cybersecurity to climate tech and healthcare, founders and executives across Israel's tech ecosystem challenge the assumptions that dominate headlines, and explain what they believe is really happening.
מייסדי Stratos Ventures - מימין דניאל פוזיילוב ו רותם יהודה קקון

Stratos Ventures raises $50 million for defensetech push as global demand for Israeli startups surges

24.06.26|Sophie Shulman
The fund targets $80 million and has already backed five early-stage companies. 
מירב בהט אסף רפפורט

Merav Bahat raising $25-30 million AI fund with Assaf Rappaport, Sequoia, Greylock and a16z

24.06.26|Meir Orbach
The founder-led fund will focus on early-stage AI infrastructure and cybersecurity startups, aiming to connect Israel’s tech ecosystem with Silicon Valley capital and expertise.
ערן זינמן ו רועי מן מייסדי מאנדיי

Monday launches $200 million venture arm to invest in AI startups

15.06.26|Sophie Shulman
The software company has already backed several startups as it seeks to expand beyond its traditional SaaS roots and position itself for the AI era.
תל אביב מגדל עזריאלי מרכז עזריאלי

Israel’s tech paradox: $1.1 billion raised in a week as layoffs sweep the industry

04.06.26|CTech
Investors pour money into AI, cybersecurity and infrastructure startups even as thousands of tech workers face restructuring and job cuts. 
Buddy Arnheim, founding partner at Lobby Capital.

“You’re going to find a disproportionate number of the brightest minds in AI per capita in Israel”

03.06.26|Zachy Hennessey
Buddy Arnheim, founding partner at Lobby Capital, joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.
חיים בכר משקיע ב-lool ventures

Of piers and oceans: Why VCs are not the explorers they think they are

02.06.26|Haim Bachar
Venture capital likes to cast itself as part of the great expeditions of history. The reality, for investors, is far more distant from the risk than the metaphor suggests.
Lior Prosor

The AI and shekel double whammy should terrify Israel. It may also save it.

28.05.26|Lior Prosor
The countries that benefit most from AI will be the ones reorganizing their economies around what humans still uniquely do better than machines. For Israel, that means a national transition from “code writers” to “systems builders.” 
משרדי מאנדיי

Israel’s tech boom faces an unexpected threat: Its own currency

24.05.26|Sophie Shulman
As the shekel surges, Israeli engineers are becoming among the world’s most expensive workers. 
Index Ventures partner Juriaan Duizendstraal.

“Every conflict, every cycle of adversity, seems to produce a hungrier generation of Israeli founders”

20.05.26|Zachy Hennessey
Index Ventures partner Juriaan Duizendstraal joined CTech for its 2026 International VC Survey.